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WIZARD WORDSA newsletter from Washington Elementary and Washington PTANovember 13, 2017
PRINCIPAL’S MESSAGE Dear Washington Families, This Thursday from approximately 10:00 - 11:00 a.m., Governor Roy Cooper will be visiting Washington GT as part of Celebrate American Education week. I am excited that he will have the opportunity to see first-hand why Washington GT is a Magnet School of Excellence and the incredible ways our teachers challenge and engage every child. He will begin his visit in a roundtable discussion with a small group of teachers followed by a tour of the classrooms and a meeting with the press in our media center. At Washington GT, our diversity is one of our greatest strengths. Last year, I formed the Parent Advisory and Support Team for Safe and Inclusive Schools. With this group I have sought to:
This year, we will continue to use this advisory team as a way to both share out and inform parents of the steps we are taking as a staff to address issues of equity, race, and inclusion as well as to provide a space for constructive feedback from families about how we are doing with creating a safe, inclusive, and supportive learning community for both parents and families. If you are interested in joining this advisory team, please email me at bgrant@wcpss.net. We will meet 3 times from 6:00-7:30 pm in Dec, March, and May. Lastly, our School Improvement Team is in need of a parent representative. The School Improvement Team will meet 3 more times to review our progress on action steps towards meeting our school goal: by June 2018, Washington Elementary will meet or exceed growth as reported by EVAAS and meet or exceed Wake County’s average proficiency on the EOGs. The remaining 3 meeting dates are 1/24, 3/21, and 5/30 4:15-5:30 pm. In Partnership, Bob Grant UPCOMING EVENTS Monday - Friday, November 13th-17th - Book Fair Thursday, November 16th - Arts & Letters Night with General PTA Meeting (5:00 p.m. - 7:00 p.m.) Monday & Tuesday, November 20th-21st - Grade Level Spelling Bee Tuesday, November 21st - Early Release Wednesday - Friday, November 22nd-24th - THANKSGIVING HOLIDAY
THANK YOU! THANK YOU to all of the families and friends who gave throughout our Shining Star Fundraiser. A special thanks to those who gave last week to help push us over our goal. WE DID IT! We raised $21,140.80 and will be able to fund the programs, teacher grants, and staff appreciation events we have planned for this school year. We are so grateful for your support of our school community!
VOLUNTEER SPOTLIGHT
Amy Jones & Julie von Haefen
Amy Jones and Julie von Haefen are veteran PTA volunteers! Amy is a Past-President and our event-planning extraordinaire. We owe all of our appreciation for Arts & Letters Night to Amy! Julie, also a Past-President, gives her time to our school in many different ways, including BOOK FAIR! If you see Amy or Julie this week, give them a big THANK YOU. They both have done and continue to do many, many things that make our wonderful school community what it is today!
Thank you, Amy and Julie!
VOLUNTEER NEEDS
We have immediate needs for volunteers THIS WEEK! Book Fair: http://signup.com/go/LntWFML (All volunteers receive a 5% discount on Book Fair purchases!) Arts & Letters Night: https://memberhub.com/
Additional volunteer opportunities can be found here: https://memberhub. Thank you for giving your time to build our community! ARTS & LETTER NIGHT 2017
WAKE COUNTY PTA COUNCIL EVENT Wake County PTA Council and WCPSS Instructional Technology and Media Services are proud to welcome author Janell Burley Hofmann to Raleigh for a presentation on digital citizenship for our students and families. The event will be on November 27th at 6:30 p.m. at the NCSU McKimmon Center.
Ms. Hofmann is the international author of the book, iRules: What Every Tech-Healthy Family Needs to Know About Selfies, Sexting, Gaming and Growing Up. She is an international speaker and consultant working with youth, parents, educators and professionals. Join us to learn about digital safety for all children and what parents need to know as we navigate the digital world with our kids.
Register for this free event at: https://www.eventbrite.
SUPPORT OUR FOOD DRIVE Please support our school-wide canned food drive! If you're able, please send donations of canned food in to the main office. Donations will be accepted until Nov. 29th and will be donated to the local Food Bank.
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WIZARD WORDSA newsletter from Washington Elementary and Washington PTAOctober 30th, 2017
PRINCIPAL’S MESSAGE Dear Washington Families, We value your input. Please take this short Washington GT Parent Survey Fall 2017 to provide feedback on how we are supporting and welcoming you and your child as a member of the Washington GT Community. It is the same one I shared during our Fall Picnic. If you already filled it out, thank you! Throughout the Year I will be holding Principal Chats on a range of topics based on feedback I’ve gotten from families. (I always encourage you to share topic suggestions with me!) All Principal Chats will be streamed through our Washington Youtube channel so you can watch at work or at home during a lunch break. You are always welcome to attend live as well. The Principal Chats will be held typically every other month from 11:00 a.m. - 12:00 noon. Our upcoming Principal Chat, Monday, November 6th, will focus on the purpose and value of integrating core skills (reading, writing, and math) into our electives. Future Principal Chat topics are:
UPCOMING EVENTS Tuesday, October 31st - TEACHER WORKDAY Monday, November 6th - First Quarter report cards go home Monday - Friday, November 13th-17th - Book Fair Thursday, November 16th - Arts & Letters Night with General PTA Meeting (5:00 p.m. - 7:00 p.m.)
SHINING STAR UPDATE! We are several hundred dollars short of reaching our annual goal of $20,000 to fund enriching programs for our school this year! We are continuing to accept cash, check, and online donations this week so that we can reach our goal. If you have not given yet, please consider doing so! Just $7 can help us surpass our goal! Thank you!! Send in check, cash, or pay online at this link: https://washingtongt.memberhub.com/payment_requests/161
VOLUNTEER SPOTLIGHT
Veena Shanmugham
Veena Shanmugham has been working very hard this fall to make sure that our wonderful PTA events and teacher grants are funded this school year! Veena shared her gifts and talents with the PTA for the last two years by serving as our PTA Treasurer. She is now serving as the Ways & Means Chair and Shining Star Fundraising Chair to help us keep track of all of the ways we raise money for our PTA. We can have great ideas, but we can't fund them without our fundraiser!
Thank you, Veena, for your hard work!
VOLUNTEER NEEDS
Click here to volunteer! We have put many upcoming volunteer needs in one easy place! Please check out this Sign-Up on MemberHub for committee openings and easy at-school volunteer needs (just sign up and show up - no other commitment needed). https://memberhub.
BOXTOPS THANK YOU! We raised $322.90 this fall in BOX TOPS!
The Wild West Book Fair is Coming!
November 13th-17th
The Scholastic Book Fair depends on the support of many parent volunteers! From set-up, staffing class preview and shopping times, to fair break-down, we need YOUR help! Go to http://signup.com/go/LntWFML to sign up. Your student will love to see you there! All volunteers receive a 5% discount on Book Fair purchases!
Read Across the Rainbow
It's almost time to begin turning in Read Across the Rainbow Cards!
If your child has completed or is close to completing their first Read Across the Rainbow card, they can begin turning them in starting Monday, November 6th. This is the 1st Monday of November, which is the day that is printed on the card. Please let them know that they cannot be turned in before this date, but they can be turned in any time after that. Thank you! Happy Reading!
Hurricanes READvolution is on!
In recognition of the 20th Anniversary of the Carolina Hurricanes and the Wake County Public School System’s Strategic Plan Vision 2020, we will be partnering to bring READvolution to all of our elementary schools. This partnership will support a community-wide literacy campaign around daily reading outside of school. The event has a start date in schools of October 2nd and an end date of January 12, 2018. Through an online tracking system, students will provide their name and minutes read each day. Students who achieve the goal of reading 20 minutes per day (Monday - Friday) throughout the October - January time frame will receive a complimentary ticket voucher to a Hurricanes home game.
The school wide component of the challenge includes the tracking of books read and logged collectively at the school site. This component will include the following:
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